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Black smoke from ground in central Jakarta traced to electrical short circuit

From CNN Indonesia · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A video showed thick black smoke emerging from the ground in the Pasar Baru shopping area of Central Jakarta.
  • Sawah Besar police chief Egy Irwansyah said the smoke came from an electrical station affected by a short circuit.
  • Police secured the area, and PLN workers handled the problem.

A video of thick black smoke rising from the ground at the Pasar Baru shopping area in Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta, went viral on social media. People near the site appeared panicked in footage posted by the Instagram account @kontributorjakarta.

Sawah Besar police chief Kompol Egy Irwansyah said the incident occurred on Sunday, September 6. He said the smoke came from an electrical station that had suffered a short circuit.

Police went to the location after receiving a report and kept people away from the area. Irwansyah said the issue had also been handled by PLN personnel.

The smoke came from an electrical station that had suffered a short circuit. It happened yesterday.

· Egy IrwansyahThe Sawah Besar police chief explained the source of the smoke.
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